Combination-tool.



Q Nd. 890,258. PATBNTED JUNE 9, 1908.

w; s. BURRIS. COMBINATION TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17,1907.

30min n PATENT @Fihlilll WILLIAM scams, or RICHARDSON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF T'O JAMES E. HARRIS, or nionannsozv, TEXAS.

ooraBrNArrou-roon Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented June 9, 1908.

Application filed August 17, 1307. Serial No. 389,019.

all whom it may com urn: I Be it known that 1, WILLIAM. S. B'URRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rich arnsou, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, havemvcnted a new and useful Conihination-Tool, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates tocombination tools of t at general class especially designed for use by track walkers inalining and repairing rail-way tracks and has for its object to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive device of this character embodying in its structure a claw bar, Wrench and maul.

A still further object of the invention is to generally improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility durability and elliciency as Well as to reduce the cost of manufacture.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the followin dcrstood that various changes in lorm, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

in the accompanying drawings rorming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a per-- spective view of combination tool constructin accordance with my invention. 2

- a side elevation of the same.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The improved device forming the subject matter of the present invention is principally designed for use by track Walkers in repairing and alining rail Way rails and includes body portion consisting of a lon itudinally disposed bar 5 havin one end thereof flattened 6 and provided with a terminal socket 7 constituting a Wrench.

That port1on of the bar op osite the socket is bent at an angle to the ongitudinal axis lected portion being provided with a V or the learned deflected laterally at 8, said haped recess 10 Which forms a claw so that.

the tool may he used for removing spikes'and sim lar fastening devices from red Way ties. 'lne rear face of the bar 5 at the deflected i 7 I o 1 end tneieor is provided with a thickened portion or enlargement'll which forms a fulernm tor the claw so that the spikesor other fastening devices may be removed from the:

c ties with very little exertion on the part o the'operator.

"escription, it being un heed i331 n Extending transversely of the bar 5 at a point adjacent the claw 10 is an enlargement 12 preferably castintcgral with the bar 5 and constituting maul. The opposite ends of the enlargement or maul 10 are inclined .or tapered to form oppositely disposed faces 13 and ii for driving spikes and similar fastening devices in the cross ties, as shown. The end 14 of the maul is preferably smaller than the opposite end 13 thus permitting the reduced end of said maul to be used as a taniping device for packing ballast; betwcen the cross ties or for other urposes.

Attention is here cal ed to the fact that the central portion of the maul on one side of the bar 5 projects a short distance beyond the enlargement or fulcrum 11 sothat when the toolis used for extracting spikes the curved surface 15 of the maul by engagement with the cross tie or other supporting surface will form an additional fulcrum for the claw and thus materially assist in extracting the spikes from the cross ties.

The Wrench head 7 is preferably provided with a reduced ank 16 which engages a correspondingly threaded recess in the adjacent end of the maul handle or bar said wrench locked against rotation on the bar by means 01'' clamping screw or similar fastening device 17. By making the wrench head detachable the latter may be readily removed so as to ierinit the employment of larger or smaller lieads, according to the nature of the work ,,.to be performed.

From the foregoing description. it will be .se'en that there is provided an extremely simple, inexpensive and ellicient device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in, View. 9

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is: i

A tooloi the class described comprising a cylindrical bar having one end thereof fiat-- tened to produce a shank of angular cross sectional formation, said shank-being bent at an angle to the longitudinal plane of the bar and thence del'h tted laterally and provided with a t shaped recess constituting a claiv, themetal at the angle cf deflection being thickened and spread laterally to form a fulcrunn'and an enlargement formed integral with and extending transversely of the bar at the bent end t hereof and having its central portion provided with a circumferential hearmg lace disposed in longitudinal alinemenit with and forming in efi'ect a continuation of the cylindrical portion of t he'bar, said enlargement extending an equal distance on opposite sides of the cylindrical bar to form a maul and having its side walls'hetween the circumferential bearing face and the adjacent ends of the maul inclined to produce driving heads of difierent'sizes, the bearing face of the enlargement on the fulcrum side of the bar being projected beyond the thickened portion of the claw for contact with the ground, the opposite longitudinal edges of the shank between the claw and maul being convergedon like angles in the direction of said maul.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed' my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. BURRIS. Witnesses:

R. E. THoMrsoN, B. F. Bowsnn. 

